@bluesbird4: "As some of you know, I got an Mbox for Xmas.
Since then I have been essentially moving through various standards - first
doing a rhythm track using the Pro-Tools built in metronome. (this is a
worthwhile experience in and of itself), and then doing the head and at
least one chorus of soloing.
Many guitarists - Joe Pass, Herb Ellis, Ted Green, to name a few - advocate
making a tape and then playing through the changes as a method to
improvement. I consider this the modern approach to  this time tested
method. However, the Mbox allows a couple of noteworthy changes. First, you
can select a a section of the tune and that portion of the rhythm track will
repeat over and over again while you practice the head through the changes
and/or experiment with various solos, scales and arpeggios.  This is great
because you can hear the relationship between the single notes and the
chords. You can hear it! Second, when you are done you can bounce the
results to a CD disk and listen to it driving around.
This forces a critical analysis of where you are and where you need to go.
You can't hide, all of your mistakes are frozen there for you to hear. On
the upside, you can also hear your progress and the things you did well. I
think the process forces a certain objectivity. Hence, usually two days
after I have done one of these practice demos, I  have thought of different
ways to hit it the next time.
Now, this weekend I put down the rhythm track for Blues for Alice at 158
Bpm. (a tad slow) Then I attempted to play the Omnibook changes. Rude
awakening, I couldn't do it, even though, I could play it much slower. So I
started breaking it down into sections and working with the individual parts
until I get up to speed and then connect them up.
Geting faster, thinking faster but also Parker's approach to let's say  E
half dimi to A7 is being emblazoned in my head in the process, etc. I know
that many of you are against memorizing solos, but I think of this of
learning a pattern of notes/sounds that fits a chord progression - maybe I
will play them this way in another tune, maybe I won't. Maybe I'll mix them
up and rearrange them. But, first things first, I will know that these
sounds are available over these chords.
For those of you, at my level - somewhere in-between - this is a worthwhile
step to the next place.
Isn't that what it's all about?
Peace,
Back to work.
Vince
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    @bluesbird4: "Cliff:
I agree that's a good approach. Actually, today I put on the headphones and
practiced and I was able to hit these changes a lot better. Somehow the
headphones made me concentrate more acutely and it didn't seem as fast.
Plus, before sitting down, I practiced the changes for these measures over
and over again.
Er, maybe that was it...duh
Vince"
    @gregerh: "On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 14:26:44 -0500, "Vince McKnight"
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[Console game trivia]
There's no Zelda games for the xbox. The last Zelda game,  Zelda the
Wind Waker, is a Gamecube exclusive.
[/Console game trivia]
Greger
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    @gregerh: "On 09 Feb 2004 05:47:12 GMT, <email_address> (Tom Lippincott)
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It's been going on for years. It started back in 97 with a guy named
Dennis Fong/Thresh winning John Carmack of Id Software's Ferrari GTO
in a Quake championship.
Greger
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    @bluesbird4: "I like the Mbox. it's a plug n p;ay device, USB and you can plug right into
the box with your guitar if you want or put an amp, and effects in the
chain. Pro Tools takes some getting used to. After I compared the costs of
buying mixing board and all of these other recording devices, it seemed like
a bargain to me and suits me fine.
But the game graphics could be stronger, Greg - that's it's only weakness!
:>)
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ZElda"
    @pcsanwaldNOSPAM: "On 09 Feb 2004 05:47:12 GMT, <email_address> (Tom Lippincott)
wrote:
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It just seems like a collossal waste of time to me, but I'm sure he
probably listens to me practicing the same thing for hours and thinks
the same thing :).
paul"
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